Medical research
Myelin exploits phase transitions to drive it's assembly
The ability to construct complex myelin sheaths around axons is one of the greatest vertebrate inventions since the hinged jaw.
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Neuroscience
Targeting the brain's energy metabolism may hold the key for treating Parkinson's disease
Nicotinamide riboside (NR) is a member of the vitamin B3 family, which can be found in foods like fruits, vegetables, meat, and milk. It is also used as a nutritional supplement to boost cellular levels of NAD (nicotinamide ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
Pulse propagation and signal transduction in the hydraulic brain
(Medical Xpress)—When Descartes turned his critical eye to the nervous system, he reasoned that the nerves must transduce hydraulic power to control the musculature. In the circulatory system, blood is pushed comparatively ...
Biomedical technology
Soft skin patch could provide early warning for strokes, heart attacks
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft and stretchy ultrasound patch that can be worn on the skin to monitor blood flow through major arteries and veins deep inside a person's body.
Jul 22, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists uncover new mechanism that enables development of cancer
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a new mechanism that activates specific genes, leading to the development of cancers.
Jun 23, 2021
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Medical research
Women's menstrual cycles temporarily synchronize with moon cycles
The blog "Ladyplanet. Natürlich Frau sein" is quite certain: "Our cycle is linked to that of the moon. The most obvious connection is the length of the two cycles," it says. The newspaper Berliner Tagesspiegel comes to the ...
Jan 27, 2021
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Medications
Regorafenib, nivolumab, chemo combo found safe and effective for various cancers, heading to phase 3 trial
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, have concluded their phase 2 trial of chemotherapy in combination with the drugs nivolumab, and regorafenib.
Health
Being in the wrong place can set off an allergic reaction
Allergic reactions can occur without being triggered by an allergen such as grass or birch pollen—it is enough for the patient to be back in the same place where she was previously exposed to the allergen, as researchers ...
May 5, 2020
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Neuroscience
The dreaming brain tunes out the outside world
Scientists from the CNRS and the ENS-PSL in France and Monash University in Australia have shown that the brain suppresses information from the outside world, such as the sound of a conversation, during the sleep phase linked ...
May 15, 2020
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Medications
Promising results of Phase 1 drug trial for HIV patients
A Phase 1 clinical trial conducted by University of Minnesota researchers has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a novel immunotherapy drug in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Results of the trial ...
Feb 1, 2022
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